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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
LADIES' DEI,ARrMESE.
Awoman Of Eu.rrv

One of the most energetic and success
ful business women in New York man.
ages big institution for supplying and
training stenographers and type writer's.
She is an expert in both arts and under
stands them thoroughly. A few years
ago she started out alone to earn her
own living by such work whenever she
could find it to do. Now she has sixty
or seventy pupils in her school oms.
a score Of busy type writers in her copy
ing Offices and directs bureau of opera
tors and short hand writer's. - IGood
Cheer
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

A man arrived at Dakota town ono
DAY recently to look mp some accounts
tor IN Eastern agricultural machine
company. He started ont in the coun-
try. and soon met farmer driving n
team of mules and loaded toward
town with his whole family in tho
wagon. The Eastern man stopped and
made some inquiries about the road.
and then said:
Splendid weather for harvest"
Yes, tho wcather's all right"
well, there can't be ANYTHING else
to hinder your securing the crop.D
"ies there can. stranger. and there
Broke DOWN."
"No."
"Some of your family sick.
here"
Horses sick 2"
Il drive muies-tbcy mover get sick. {"
We'll. l don't sec what there is TO
keep you FROM staying at home and
working today"
Mister, I'll tell you: it's circus dav
an JUS said 10 Mtilly, saws L: .Mtildy.
them crops can go to thunder. I'm coin'
to hook up an we'll go TO the show =
They ;ay this circus is regular big
railroad show, an none o yer lectle
overland concerns with spotted boss
an cage o. monkeys. Jim says he
hears they got old Dan Rice for clown,
an I'd drive hundred miles in the
night jes' to SEQ him fool the ring-mas-
ter an make him hoppiu' mad like he
always ulster! G'lang, there, Ben
Butler, none o Yer hangin' back with
yer whip'.tree under the wheell,-
Dakota Fell.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
Life In the Oceans Dcptbs

Fishes arc not very common in deep
water, and until lately it was thought
there were none, chiefly because of the
immense pressure being one ton per
square inch for every 1000 fathoms
AS sunlight fails about 200 fathoms
down, vegetable life also ceases. and as
consequence deep sea fishes arc
carnivorous. The most voracio.is often
eat their own offspring, while Others are
nourished by animalculm. which like a
constant rain, settle down from the
higher waters. Some are blihd. some
have ordinary eyes, others have phos-
phorescent protuberanccs 20 furnish
them with light Sir {. wyvilo
Thompson OF the Challenger says that
animals OF all tho marine invcrtcbratc
classes, and probably fishes also. exist
all over the floor Of tho ocean So far
the greatest depth reached by a drcdge
in which fish were enclosed is 5000
fathoms; but the specimen thus OBJ
tanned belongs 20 q species which seems
20 DC abundant in upper strata Of the
Atlantic and Pacific, and was therefore
most likely caught by the drcdgc in its
ascent. The next greatest depth, viz,
27JO fathoms. must be accepted as ono
ut which fishes undoubtedly do live, the
fish obtained at this depth Of the At.
lantio showing by It's whole habit that
it is a form living on the bottom.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
l,nid In l.nid Calm


In Dec, 1886 |. =. johnson * Co, % Custom
House St, Boston, Mass, offered eight premi-
inns payable in gold coin, which they say crea-
ted great interest among people who kent
hens, 50 much So, in fact, that they authorize
us To say that they shall offer Nov. lst 1887
another list OF premiums for the bcsts results
from the use of Sheridan's Powder to Make
Hens Lay. OF course all who compete cannot
get one OF the premiums, hut some of the last
years reports sent us show that the parties
ought to have boon well satisfied If they had
not received any other benefit than the in
crease OF eggs they got while making The trial
For example the first premium was twenty
five dollars taken by G.. a. French. Washing
ton, y. II who fed thirty hens the Shcridan's
Powder for eight weeks. The first week he got
only ten eggs; the third week the hens laid l0
eggs and the eighth week 2tS eggs. During the
price OF eggs in Boston New York markets
in mid-winter. would have yielded $3.50 or
81 81 for each hen in eight weeks time. Com
siderng the small expense Of keeping a hen no
animal on n farm will pay like that. The
fourth premium, which was ten dollars, went
to Mrs. u. Il. Cariin, Conklin Centre, y. "
who in the eight weeks received from forty
hens l1Ol egg. The first week she only got
81 eggs, but the last week 20 eggs.
This clearly demonstrates that the use of
Sheridan's Powder To Make Hens Lay will in.
crease the profit several hundred per cent
johnson ~ Co. will send two - cent packs of
Sheridan's Powder postpaid 20 any address for
% cents in postage stamps; or n large 2I pound
can of Powder for Sl2O. To each person or
dering large can above they will send free
one copy of the Farmers Poultry Guide"
price. p cents.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
AskInO TOO Much

ethel" he said, ''you arc very dear
to me. love you to distraction, but |
connot help wishing that you wouldn't
chew gum"
"Well, Mr.. Smifkin's," she said.
drawing herself up proudly, elf you
think | am going to swallow my gum
without chewing it, you are mistaken
Chewing gam was not made to swallow
Merchant Traveller.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

Various derivations have been given
Of the oft used phrase, by hook or by
crook" One is that in ancient days tho
poor Of manor were allowed by tho
owners 20 go into the forests with their
hooks and crooks" to get wood. What
they could not reach with their hooks
they might pull down with their crooks.
The 'Bodmin Register" (E1gIish, i525)
says: 'Dynmurc Wood was ever open
and common 90 the inhabitants OF Bod
min, TO bear away upon their backs a
burden Of lop, crop, hook, crook and
haywood Another version is that
after the Great Fire Of London 1850
the boundary marks Of the different
properties were 50 hard 20 dcfno accu-
rately and the decisions OF the law courts
so conflicting that matters were placed
in the hands Of two smart lawyers
named Hook and Crook hence the say
ing. 1--WE must get il settled by Hook
or Crook An Irish origin is claimed
for the phrase by the people Of Water
ford, who say that when Strongbow I'm
the time Of Henry ID invaded Ireland
hc determined 70 make his descent on
the country by Hook Head or Crook
Point saying that nc would have the
country 10y Hook or by Crook"
Brewer. in "Phrasc and Fable" init
mates that the alusion is 10 the hook Of
the footpad and tho crook Of the bishop,
meaning by fair means or foul 90 Brook
Ign Eagle.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
ron THE Housewife



bccf drippiag' should b, used for
Trying instead Of butter.
A scant cup of butter win often make
a lighter cake than full cup.
ihrcc eggs can many times take tho
place OF five in cakes and buildings.
Bones, with the addition of a little
meat and vegetables, make a pa,atabIe
soup.
s:cwcd fruits require less swcctening,
IL the sugar Is added after the fruit is
cooke and cold
Pieces of bread can be dried in the
oven, loundcd fine. snd thea used in
making puldinss, or n thick ening for
soup, ctc--Rural New Yorker.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
II would s~em natural for . carpentcr &c
have a lumhering gait.

Csnsaapsien. serofsis, General Debility.
Wasting Diseases or Chtidrca.
Chronic Coughs and bronchitis can 10 cured
by the use OF Scorr's EMULSION Of Purc Cod
Liver oil with Hvpophes; hneN Prominent
physicians use Il and testify TO It's great vai1e-
lease read m, following II usei SCOTS
Enu,s.on for an oostina Cough WITH Hcnor-
rhagc. Loss OF App tito. Emaciation. cel-
lessness. SC. All OF these have now left and I
believe your Emulsion has saved n case OF
wcii-dcveloped Consumption. TT. J. FSpLsr.
NJ. D.. Lone Star, Texas
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
rat Everything ON The weather

Two ladies who had not seen each
other for years recently met in the
street. They recognized each other
after time, aud their recognition was
cordial. 80 delighted to see YOU
again. Why, You are scarcely altered. +"
80 glad, and how little changed Won
are. Why, how long is it since we met ?"
About ten years" And why have
you never been to see mc?" my dear.
Just look at the weather we have had. 4"
Leeds Me1.. urn.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
The ,wo-lessed crank is the harac., to turn
prsfc,.ionni E,,,vc,,c

prevents some doctors from advertising their
Skill iui wcarc bound 10y M sUch convent ION.
al rules and ,hink that III ", make a ,iiscoycry
that ssoi hr;ieft o.. cur &c lows. we ought 10
spread the isct 10 the whole land. Thercforv
the fact that DR. X. v. Piercc's .t;oiden Mrs,i.
cs,I Discovery" is tie best known rcfncsiy for
consump,ion (scrofsiia OF the lungs and kin
drcd diseases. send ~ cents In sfamIa- for Or
Iiercc's complete trvatt-c on un ption viii,
unsurpassed means of self irrstin,nf Address
Worlds Dispcnssry Medical Association az
Main Street. bliilalo, y. y.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
Three Hotties Cure Catarrh.

ELI Robbins. RunDdn Il. o., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: My daughter had catarrh when
she was FIVE years old, very badly. j saw DIR.
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured bottle for her, and soon that IL
helped her; third bottle effected pcrma-
ncnt cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound md hearty"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

Is the title of large illustrated treatise by DIR
X v Pierce, Buffalo. y. Y sent to any address
Tor ten cents in stamps 1t teaches SUI cessfuI
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
prrrh,er. WIxc,,,a,

Electricity IS avery serious matter. md yc
Edison makes light OF it,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

Cur;ousiy enough the man who Is always In
pickle doesn't y cSvrvc his temper worth
cent.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

Royal GLUE mcntis everything! Broken
China. Glass. Wood. free Walls at Drugs X Gro
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

-, nike other cathartics, DIR. Picrcc's .pcI-
n,,r. 70 nor render the bowels cusiive after
JPcIatl0l' but, on the contrary establish "A Nor
nddnchty healthy action. BciR1 fntiyeJ,i ,sge-
~. mo particular care Is required while us{no,
hem. BY druggists. ''''i0 using
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

PosToFFIcEs were first established
IN Paris in 1462; in Eng and, 1881; in
Germany, l64l in Turkey, l740.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

"Au But" is the title OF n story by Rose
Terry cooke. Probably the history OF q
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
Outward bouud-A book.

Il wnnt tothank yn1." writes Young man
TO IL. F. johnson ~ Co. Richmond, Va. '.for
placing me in "A post ION by which am enabled
to make money faster than l ever did before
This Is but a sample extract OF the many hun
dred similar letters received by the above firm
See their advertisement IN another column.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, s9os Pine Street,
81. Louis, 40. writes: IL was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils.
thought nothing could DC douo for me. Luck
lily, was advised To try DIR. Sagc's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now well man. l believe
II TO bc the only sure remedy FOR catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give il a
foir trial To experience astounding results and
u permanent cure"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04

Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases. FRO,
tecurely sealed. Dr. i. Il. Marchisi. Utica, NY.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
"Untold Agony from Cntarrb.n

Prof w. HAusNER, tho famous mcsmerist
OF Ithaca, ". y, writes: "Sone ten Years ago
1 suffered untold agony from chronic pns-s
catarrhi Ny family physician gayE - ,ssa up Us
such bad one, thot escry day, towards sun
set, my voice would become so hoarsc 1 could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. by the use of DIR. Sagc's
Catnrrh Remedy. III three months, was a well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-04
womnn nnd uer pi.rn.e.

Paris eats fOriy-nino tons of snails every
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-03
A FIGHT WITH WOLVES.
The Use to which d Norwegian Farmer
Put Big Wash-Tub.

Put Big wash-Tub.
In former times wolves were numer-
Gus in Norway, and committed enor.
nous depredations upon sheep, and
consequently were much feared by the
owners of flocks, whose only weapon
for destroying them (before the intro
duction of fire-arms) was the axe. 1t
was dangerous for man to travel in
lonely places, for these ravenous
beasts had been known to attack hui
man beings when very hungry. In
these days they are seldom seen, and
both wolves and bears have been we'll
nigh exterminated.
The story is told of a Norwegian
farmer of seventy or eighty years ago,
who was conveying one of his swine to
another estate in the night His road
lay across pond which was frozen
over. Upon his sled he had fastened
a very strong, high tub, in which he
placed the weighty animal, and covered
it. The tubs which are in common use
for washing, as well as other purposes,
are nearly four feet deep, and are sup
ported by three feet
The middle of the pond was reached,
when in the stiffness was heard the
faint patter of feet and the distant howl
ing of pack of wolves, and the farmer
knew they were pursuing him with
swift directness. Now was his time to
exercise the coolest bravery and the
most adroit skill. He at once loosened
his horse from the harness and let him
go. The voracious creatures were al
most upon him when he threw them
the fat porker. He then overturned the
tub and hid beneath it as his only ref
uge, his axe his sole weapon.
After devouring the delicious
booty the wild beasts tried to get
at the man and make him their
prey by thrusting their paws or their
noses under the tub. But he welded
his axe with energy, and his well-aimed
blows cut off the intruding members
steadily. The ferocious animals fell
back on the ice, one after another,
bleeding and helpless, but the farmer
remained imprisoned until daylight.
When he knew by the silence that he
was alone and safe he crept forth to
view the scene and mark the result Of
the adventure. 1t appeared that eight
or ten of his foes had been destroyed,
and the bloody tracks upon the ice
showed that others had been wounded
and had crawled away. By the bounty
which he received for killing the
wolves and the sale of the skins taker
from them the farmer gained rount
sum, although he lost the animal he SCI
out with. The horse had trotted bacl
to his stable. Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-03
MID-ATLANTIC AIR.
Its Purity Tested by Exposing Capsules of
Sterilized Gelatine.

Its Purity Tested by Exposing Capsules Of
Sterilized Gelatine.
In the course of an address on the
action of micro-organisms on surgical
wounds, Prof. F. S. Dennis, of New
York, states that during his last trip
across the Atlantic he made some
experiments to test the purity of the
air about one thousand miles from
land. He employed capsules of ster-
ilized gelatine, and exposed them for
fifteen minutes. One capsule was
exposed in the state-room upon the
main deck of the steamer. Within
eighteen hours over five hundred points
of infection had developed. Two cap
sules exposed in similar manner in a
cabin on the promenade deck. where
the circulation of air was free, showed
five or six points of infection each ten
days afterward. A capsule exposed
over the bow of the ship was found to
he entirely uncontaminated. These
experiments are on the same lines as
those of Pasteur and Tyndall upon the
mountain air of Switzerland and, so far
as they 60. they show the germless
condition of mid-ocean air. and also
the need for much more efficient ven
tilation in the state-rooms Of even the
iFst-elsSs American hners,-LaReet,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-03
One Dollar Per Year.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
will this year celebrate the fortieth an
niversary of DR.. Armitage's pastorate.
M Y. Witness.
Two hundred ministers Of Glasgow,
Scotland, of different denominations.
have united in an effort to reach the
non-church going classes.
Mr.. Henry Martin, of the Reform
ed Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati,
has pledged twenty-five thousand dol
lars to DR.. Happer's Christian College
in China.
The bill recently passed alloting
lands to the Indians in severalty, grants
one hundred and sixty acres of land to
each religious society engaged in any
educational work among the Indians.
Washington Post.
Judging from the way in which
money is coming into the benevolent
treasures of the various denominations
it looks as though good many people
were spelling missions with an O-o-mis-
sions By and by, if things go on in
this way, it will be DIMENSIONS! 1t is
bad spell. Chicago Advance.
In China, as in all Eastern coun-
tries, the blind are numerous; and
hitherto, as far as personal reading has
been concerned, the Bible has not
been for them. Moved by desire to
supply this want, Rev. David Smith, of
Gimsby, England, is engaged in bring
ing out an embossed Bible for the
Chinese blind.
The solution of the problem of city
evangelization is to be found in this
one word-visit. To the standing ques-
ton: "How shall we reach the masses"
the answer is, visit them. The question
generally means: How shall we get the
masses to 60 to church, The real prob
lem is how to induce the church to 60
to the masses.-Interior.
"A recent collection in two Swedish
churches in Minnesota, in response to
an appeal for missionary church
there, resulted in forty dollars, all in
coin, fifteen hundred pieces being PEN
MES, and only six coins were as large
as a twenty-five cent piece. Almost
every one of the two thousand persons
present gave something. - Chicago
Standard.
Beacon Church is the name of a
peoples enterprise in Philadelphia,
whose fine building has just been dedi-
} Gated. The idea underlying the move
ment is the concentration at one point,
not only of religious interests and the
ordinary church activities, but of social
and intellectual life as well. 1t is a
church of the people and for the people.
in which the administration of the
Gospel, with its missions and its char
tiles, together with the privileges at
taching to other departments of the
whole plan, is to be at the minimum
cost--free to all, burdensome to none.
philadelphia Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

President Eliot, of Harvard, said,
In his address at Kings Chapel. Bos-
ton, that ~ as a rule the world loves a
CONSERVATION better than the critic or
pioneer.
1t is estimated that over $500, 900
has been spentin unsuccessful attempts
to establish newspapers in Portland,
Ore, during the past twenty years.
Chicago Times. q
Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska,
has baby daughter a year or two old
that was born on New Years day, and
goes by the name of Happy New Year
Van Wyck.-M Y. Mail.
John F. Smith, a Philadelphia type
founder, distributed 100000 among
various charitable and educational in
situations in that city during the past
year. philadelphia Press.
Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce, who re.
Gently resigned the Governorship Of
Dakota, has accepted the position Of
associate editor of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press for Dakota. His headquarter will
be in Bismarck.
AT the conclusion of Sarah Bern
harts recent benefit performance in
Buenos Ayres, the great tragedienne
who was playing Dona Sol in "Her.
mani, was presented with the title
deeds for tract of ten square miles
in the Argentine Republic.
Senator Sherman and Genera
Sherman are said to exchange letters
almost daily when out Of one another''
society. "Cump' is what John al
ways calls the soldier, and "Now
john" is the style that the Genera
uses in accosting the Senator
"A day or two before the New Eng
land dinner some one asked Mr.. Henry
W. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution
what he intended to say in his speech
''The Lord only knows" he replied
81 have thought of thousand thing
to say, five hundred of which if | sa,
they will murder me when | get bacl
home, and if | say the other five hun
dred they will murder me at the ban
quet.n
-Adelina Patti has the autograph
craze in its most virulent form, and TO
many years past no friend of any dis
tinction has been PERMITTED to pass tn
threshold of the prima donna until h
or she has written few words eithe
upon Nine. Patti herself or upon som
other subject or interest. The conse
quence is that the signatures of almos
every notability both in and outsid
the musical world are to be found Il
her albums. N. Y. Herald.
John II. Craig, whose home is i
Indiana, near Indianapolis, is six fee
four and half inches in height, an
weighs 1856 pounds. He measure
eight feet two inches around the hip
and eighteen inches around the ankle
He was born thirty years ago, and the
weighed but eleven pounds. Two yeal
later he took a prize at one of Bal
NUNS baby shows in this city becaus
he weighed 206 pounds. APPARENT
he has been growing ever since.-N.
Sam